• The Division II National Championships Festival is over and six teams will head back to campus on top of their respective sports. For the next year, at least, they can call themselves the country's best.

• Saturday was about as exciting a sports day as you could imagine, and ironically, the most drama came from the slowest sport. After 72 holes, West Florida, North Alabama and St. Edward's finished tied atop the leaderboard and were forced to play an extra hole. Each team sent five golfers back to the course to play one hole apiece. The scores were tallied after the completion of the five holes, and West Florida emerged as the national champion.

• As if that wasn't enough excitement on the links, the individual championship also went to a playoff. USC-Aiken's Jeff Goff and Florida Southern's Jude Eustaquio finished tied for first and Goff went on to win the playoff hole and the national championship.

• Kudos to Eustaquio for even getting back in the mix, as he turned in a crazy four rounds of golf during the championship. After shooting a remarkable opening-round 63, Eustaquio shot 73 on Thursday and 74 on Friday to relinquish his lead. But a final day 68 tied him with Goff at 2-under par.

• On the lacrosse field, West Chester erased its demons and knocked off defending champion C.W. Post, 13-12. West Chester had lost each of the last four title games and dropped the championship to C.W. Post in 2001 and 2007. Jackie Baker scored four goals in the victory and was named championship's most valuable offensive player.

• The ladies from Savannah, Georgia gave the folks down on River Street reason to celebrate, as Armstrong Atlantic returned to the top of Division II women's tennis with a convincing 5-2 victory over Lynn. It was the first national title for the Lady Pirates since 2005 and fourth overall.

• Just a few hours later, the Lady Pirates headed back to the tennis courts (after showering) to cheer for their men's program. The teamwork made a difference, as Armstrong Atlantic won its first-ever men's national championship with a 5-0 victory over Barry.

• I thought it was nice that after the men celebrated for a minute, they welcomed their female counterparts into a group embrace. It was quite special that they shared the moment.

• On the softball diamond, Lizzy Prescott finished off one of the most remarkable series performances in history, tossing her third shutout of the tournament to lead Humboldt State to a 1-0 victory over Emporia State and the national championship. The Lumberjacks made a first-inning homer from Natalie Galletly stand up, as Prescott struck out 10 to finish with 52 strikeouts and no walks for the series.

• Tonight, the student-athletes came together one final time at the festival's closing ceremonies. While the closing ceremonies were supposed to signal the end of competition, it didn't work out quite that way for the hundreds of student-athletes who played video games, tossed bean bags and held competitive games of volleyball on the park lawn.

• The opportunity to experience six national championship celebrations was almost overwhelming, as the excitement is truly second to none. I captured all of the celebrations on tape and will upload the compilation early this week, so stay tuned.

• I came into this week convinced that the D-II Festival is the best event the NCAA has to offer, and I will leave Houston positive in that assessment. It's been a blast and I'm already counting the days to the Winter Festival in 2009!